mexican captives of the comanches - 1848

mexican captives of the comanches - 1848

Mah re ah was captured by Nad soo kah of the Quahada Band of the Comanches in 1848 about five miles from an unknown settlement. She was about 10 years old and on her way to schools. Oral history has a number of small incidents of her life story, but there is no detail on her Mexican parents or where she lived prior to being captured. She lived as a Comanche until her death in 1869.